Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathyPodmore, Frank
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Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathy
Podmore, Frank
Apparitions; Telepathy
"JASON WILTSE."
"I certify that the above statement is substantially correct, as I
also heard the little girl relate it.
"MRS. HAIDEE WILTSE."
Mrs. Charles Skene, the mother of the little boy, writes:--
"153 PLATT STREET [CLEVELAND, OHIO],
_April_ 9_th_, 1891.
"Your letter dated the 6th came to hand to-day. I was on a visit
to the Dr. and his family, and one evening he said he would try an
experiment on my little boy; it was about seven o'clock and they
had just been put to bed. The Dr. wanted to make him see him by his
bedside, and him in the other room, and he did; he saw him in the
form of a tiger and he also had tigers in his eyes. He commenced to
shout, and said he was frightened, but did not say any more, he was
so frightened. This is my daughter's statement as far as she can
recollect.
"If there are any more questions you would like me to answer I will
gladly do so. I was not at home the night this happened.
"MRS. CHAS. SKENE."
Later she adds:--
"_April_ 27_th_, 1891.
"Your letter of the 17th came to hand. I do not know the date, but
it was about the middle of February, on a Wednesday evening. My
little boy is six years old; he remembers it well, and often talks
of it."
Mrs. Skene added, in answer to a question, that the boy did not know
that the experiment was being tried on him. It should be added that Mr.
Rasero, who was present, wrote, on the 30th October 1891, to confirm
Dr. Wiltse's statement that nothing was said beforehand about trying an
experiment of any kind.
The tiger in this experiment appears to have been a confused nightmare
effect produced by the telepathic impression on the mind of the child
percipient. In the next case, it will be seen, the percept appears to
have been unusually clear and distinct.
No. 67.--From JOSEPH KIRK.[114]
Mr. Kirk has made several attempts to produce a hallucination of
himself. Writing to us on the 7th July 1890, he stated that without
the knowledge of his friend and neighbour, Miss G., he tried each
night, from the 10th to the 20th of June, and once on the 11th in the
afternoon, to induce her to see a hallucination of himself. From casual
conversation, however, with Miss G. he gathered that no effect had been
produced. But on June 23rd Mr. Kirk learned that the trial made on
June 11th, the day and hour of which had been noted at the time, had
completely succeeded. He thus describes the occasion:--
"2 RIPON VILLAS, PLUMSTEAD.
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